SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
NCLEX Nutrition
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
nclex
,
health-sciences
,
nursing
,
health-fitness-nutrition
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?
protein
diet recall
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
starches - sugars - and cellulose
2. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies
diet recall
4 calories/gram
5.5 ounces/day
protein
3. Sources of fats
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
review of systems
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
4. Where can you get more vitamin D?
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
antioxidant - immune function
trans fatty acid
dairy and fortified foods
5. What does DASH stand for?
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
decrease in total lymphocyte count
dietary approach to stop hypertension
day week or month
6. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?
starches - sugars - and cellulose
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
can consume more calories without weight gain
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
7. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
3 cups
hemorrhage
vitamin C - citrus fruits
8. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?
cream cheese - cream or butter
fat soluble vitamins
liver and intestinal synthesis
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
9. How much grains are to be eaten per day?
6 oz. a day
protein and fat
4 calories/gram
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
10. What function is vitamin A?
milk - enriched grains
starches - sugars - and cellulose
6 oz. a day
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
11. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?
low albumin levels < 3.4
milk - enriched grains
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
day week or month
12. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
atrophy or wasting of muscle
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
5.5 ounces/day
13. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?
albumin levels
carrots and sweet potatoes
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
14. How many calories/gram is protein?
4 calories/gram
protein and fat
cream cheese - cream or butter
protein
15. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?
one week period
day week or month
2.5 cups
dark green - orange - drybeans
16. What function is vitamin D?
low albumin levels < 3.4
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
cream cheese - cream or butter
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
17. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?
liver and intestinal synthesis
apple is higher risk than a pear
300 cal/day increase
fat soluble vitamins
18. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
6 oz. a day
vitamin K
19. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily
dark green - orange - drybeans
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
5.5 ounces/day
day week or month
20. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?
one week period
4 calories/gram
albumin levels
vitamin K
21. What is RDA of protein?
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
2 cups
cream cheese - cream or butter
22. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?
dark green - orange - drybeans
TPN total parenteral nutrition
hemoglobin
review of systems
23. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet
review of systems
essential amino acids
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
protein
24. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
protein and fat
rickets - osteomalacia
4 calories/gram
25. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
low albumin levels < 3.4
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
prealbumin levels
26. What is normal BMI?
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
vitamin K
one week period
18-25
27. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?
vitamin C - citrus fruits
4 calories/gram
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
28. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
starches - sugars - and cellulose
apple is higher risk than a pear
fats
29. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?
B and C
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
vitamin K
4 calories/gram
30. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram
fats
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
vitamin C - citrus fruits
atrophy or wasting of muscle
31. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?
dark green - orange - drybeans
500 cal/day
one week period
TPN total parenteral nutrition
32. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems
antioxidant - immune function
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
33. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?
2.5 cups
liver and intestinal synthesis
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
34. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins
prealbumin levels
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
milk - enriched grains
fat soluble vitamins
35. What is the function of vitamin C?
protein and fat
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
apple is higher risk than a pear
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
36. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
6 oz. a day
prealbumin levels
transferrin
37. How much milk is to be consumed per day?
fat soluble vitamins
3 cups
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
starches - sugars - and cellulose
38. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
B and C
low albumin levels < 3.4
review of systems
39. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
2 cups
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
40. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
atrophy or wasting of muscle
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
milk - enriched grains
41. What is the function of vitamin E?
milk - enriched grains
antioxidant - immune function
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
B and C
42. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy
protein
cream cheese - cream or butter
low albumin levels < 3.4
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
43. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?
albumin levels
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
dark green - orange - drybeans
44. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value
protein
decrease in total lymphocyte count
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
rickets - osteomalacia
45. When does BMR increase?
hemorrhage
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
vitamin K
hemoglobin
46. What foods have high quality protein?
4 calories/gram
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
B and C
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
47. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs
antioxidant - immune function
protein and fat
cream cheese - cream or butter
albumin levels
48. What are healthy sources of fats?
low albumin levels < 3.4
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
diet recall
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
49. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease
starches - sugars - and cellulose
apple is higher risk than a pear
liver and intestinal synthesis
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
50. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
vitamin C - citrus fruits
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains